Beyond the list I also have a pointer to a really good New York Times Climate Change Q&A. I’m highlighting it because it does a fine job of answering some of the common questions that often arise, and so it acts as a great starting point.
My Own Climate Change Mini-Index
Climate Change Denial
- Press Standards upholds complaint against Mail #Climate denial article (18th Sep)
- Lord Lawson vs Al Gore – BBC Interview #climate (12th Aug)
- Fake Climate Change denial papers in Fake scientific journals (13th June)
- Breitbart Claim: “Study finds nearly all recent Global warming fabricated” (19th Jul)
- #FakeNews Alert: Claim: “@MichaelEMann – ‘Commits contempt of court’” (17th Jul)
- Breitbart Claim: ‘Global Warming’ Is a Myth, Say 58 Scientific Papers in 2017 (12th June)
Hurricanes
- Was #Harvey a manifestation of #Climate Change? (2nd Sep)
- Does Climate Change really Impact Hurricane intensity? (12th Sep)
- Do we now need a Category 6 for a Hurricane? (6th Sep)
- James Hansen: Clear Link Between #Climate Change & Stronger Hurricanes (5th Sep)
- Hurricanes – How you can really help? (10th Sep)
Wildfires
- Ice and Fire: Wildfire in Greenland – #Climate (11th Aug)
- Wildfires in 2017 season is global phenomenon – #climate (7th Aug)
US Politics
- Scientists Fear Trump Will Dismiss Blunt Climate Report – #climate (10th Aug)
- Is Scott Pruitt’s Climate Change TV debate idea a silly one? (15th Jul)
- Rick Perry, Carbon Dioxide, and #Climate (22nd June)
- Trump’s Climatic decision on the #ParisAgreement – #climate (2nd June)
- Lamar Smith Claims: “Don’t Believe Hysteria Over Carbon Dioxide” #denier (1st Aug)
- Scott Pruitt defends massive cuts to EPA funding (17th June)
US Climate Alliance
- Climate Change: Filling the political and financial funding abyss (16th June)
- The Growing US Climate Alliance (14th June)
- Bypassing Trump and committing to Paris Agreement – “We are Still In” (8th June)
Models, Oceans, and News
- Avoiding Dangerous Global Warming: The Window Is Closing (21st Sep)
- Why is there a Weird warming hole in the Atlantic? – #Climate (4th Aug)
- Ghost Forests – #climate (3rd Aug)
- Are the Climate Change Models seriously flawed? (30th June)
- Global Coral Reefs are in terminal decline – #climate (27th June)
- Great Barrier Reef can no longer be saved (1st June)
CO2
- Why are Carbon Dioxide levels still rising? (28th June)
- Increasing CO2 level increases Ocean Acidification – 450ppm is very bad (25th Jul)
- Reducing CO2 is not enough to deal with Climate Change (21st July)
Heat
- The increase of Deadly Heat Waves & #Climate (21st June)
- What are the limits of human survivability in a heat wave? #climate (8th Aug)
- 95-Degree Days: How Extreme Heat Could Spread Across the World (24th June)
- What does NASA GISTEMP Data for May 2017 tell us? (20th June)
Media
- Clearing up Climate Change confusion (8th Jul)
- Criticising “The Uninhabitable Earth” – #Climate (11th Jul)
- Effective Communication matters – #climate (5th Aug)
International Agreements
- What did the G20 agree on Climate? (10th Jul)
- Ratcheting up the Paris Agreement (26th Jul)
- Three years to safeguard our climate – Mission 2020 (1st Jul)
- Poll: Nearly 6 in 10 oppose Trump scrapping Paris agreement (7th June)
New York Times – Questions and Answers – A basic primer
I’m highlighting this because they have composed 17 often-asked questions with some straightforward answers, and so this is a great basic primer to enable a good foundational understanding of the topic. Here is a list of the questions posed, and so if one or more invokes your curiosity, then just click here to jump in …
Part 1 – What is Happening
- Climate change? Global warming? What do we call it?
- How much is the Earth heating up?
- What is the greenhouse effect, and how does it cause global warming?
- How do we know humans are responsible for the increase in carbon dioxide?
- Could natural factors be the cause of the warming?
- Why do people deny the science of climate change?
Part 2 – What could happen?
- How much trouble are we in?
- How much should I worry about climate change affecting me directly?
- How much will the seas rise?
- Is recent crazy weather tied to climate change?
Part 3 – What can we do?
- Are there any realistic solutions to the problem?
- What is the Paris Agreement?
- Does clean energy help or hurt the economy?
- What about fracking or ‘clean coal’?
- What’s the latest with electric cars?
- What are carbon taxes, carbon trading and carbon offsets?
- Climate change seems so overwhelming. What can I personally do about it?
The bottom line is rather simple to grasp – doing nothing is not a viable option.